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Only cards with morph may be played face-down. If a card without morph is turned face-down by an effect, it cannot be turned face-up (unless the effect specified otherwise), because it has no morph ability with which to do so. At the end of the game, or whenever a face down creature would leave the battlefield, it is revealed to all players.
The block's main theme is creature types (for example, Clerics and Goblins), and much of the game play concerns interactions between these "tribes". The story continues the saga of the Mirari from the previous block of expansion sets. Onslaught was the last block printed before the "modern" card face style was introduced. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Magic: The Gathering zones. At any one time, every card is located in one of the following "zones": Library: The portion of the player's deck that is kept face down and is normally in random order (shuffled). [30] Hand: A player's hidden hand of cards that can be played. If a player has more than seven cards in hand at the end of their turn ...
Assorted CCG cards. A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, [note 1] is a type of card game that mixes strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards. [2] It was introduced with Magic: The Gathering in 1993. Cards in CCGs are specially designed sets of playing cards.
The invisible deck is prepared by arranging a normal deck so that all the even cards face one way and the odd cards the other. Cards are then slightly glued or stuck together into even-odd pairs, face out. When the spectator names his or her card, the deck is extracted from the box with the chosen parity, even or odd, facing the magician. The ...
Each Magic card, approximately 63 × 88 mm in size (2.5 by 3.5 inches), has a face which displays the card's name and rules text as well as an illustration appropriate to the card's concept. 23,318 unique cards have been produced for the game as of September 2016, [104] many of them with variant editions, artwork, or layouts, and 600–1000 new ...
Aggro decks focus on converting their cards into damage; they prefer to engage in a race for tempo rather than a card advantage-based attrition war. Aggro generally relies upon creatures as its accumulative source of damage. Aggro decks can quickly overwhelm unprepared opponents and proceed to eke out the last bit of damage they need to end the ...
The trading card game Magic: The Gathering has released a large number of sets since it was first published by Wizards of the Coast.After the 1993 release of Limited Edition, also known as Alpha and Beta, roughly 3-4 major sets have been released per year, in addition to various spin-off products.